The kids they work in factories fourteen hours a day
Sure they get some sustenance, meals and a place to stay
But they`re only twelve years old, just get peanuts for pay
While the owners make big bucks many miles away
Set the children free
It`s not 1903
Set the children free
Set them free
Businesses, they don`t care, they will go anywhere
Make an offer they can`t refuse, they will surely go there
As for the kids, they will say, we make their lives much better
Now go away, shareholders want pay, leave us alone unfettered
Set the children free
It`s not 1903
Set the children free
Set them free
It`s the story, same sad story for thousands of years
We want the gold, sacrifice people, are we being clear
Set the children free
Set the children free
Set the children free
The World According to Glissando 